ἡλιοτρόπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) +‎ τρέπω (trépō, “to turn”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἡλῐοτρόπῐον • (hēlĭotrópĭon) n (genitive ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου); second declension

  1. heliotrope (Heliotropium europaeum)
    Synonym: σκορπῐ́ουρον (skorpĭ́ouron)
  2. sundial, solar clock
  3. bloodstone, a green stone streaked with red

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον; τοῦ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
tò hēlĭotrópĭon 		τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω
tṑ hēlĭotropĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ
tằ hēlĭotrópĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ου
toû hēlĭotropĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν
toîn hēlĭotropĭ́oin 		τῶν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ων
tôn hēlĭotropĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ῳ
tōî hēlĭotropĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οιν
toîn hēlĭotropĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἡλῐοτροπῐ́οις
toîs hēlĭotropĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
tò hēlĭotrópĭon 		τὼ ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω
tṑ hēlĭotropĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ
tằ hēlĭotrópĭă
Vocative ἡλῐοτρόπῐον
hēlĭotrópĭon 		ἡλῐοτροπῐ́ω
hēlĭotropĭ́ō 		ἡλῐοτρόπῐᾰ
hēlĭotrópĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Greek: ηλιοτρόπιο (iliotrópio)
  • → Latin: hēliotropium

Further reading

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